Photo: Tug Boats Wellington Harbour

Prepared for work at any given time, red tug boats line the harbour of Wellington on the North Island of New Zealand.

Wellington Harbour is a very important port that provides service to the lower North Island of New Zealand and tug boats are always ready to be of assistance. It is a harbour where a lot of commercial shipping takes place throughout the year and the city of Wellington is home to the largest container port.Tug boats are needed twenty-fours a day to keep the flow of the commercial industry booming. The wharves of Wellington Harbour are owned and run by a company known as CentrePort which is where these tug boats originate from. The red tug boats are used for towing, pilotage and aiding large ships in for berthing.Wellington Harbour is also a ferry dock where passengers and their vehicles can journey to the South Island through Cook Strait. Helicopters are another source of transportation that take off from this harbour to assist in the business aspects of New Zealand.Wellington Harbour in New ... continue below the picture...

... Zealand is an extremely busy place full of large ships, tug boats, helicopters and ferries which are all part of what makes Wellington Harbour the place that it is today.Fleet of Tugs tied up to the dock in Wellington Harbour, Wellington City, North Island, New Zealand.